{"title":"Alice McLerran","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"roxaboxen-hardcover","title":"Roxaboxen - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom two-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Barbara Cooney and celebrated children's book author Alice McLerran comes \u003cem\u003eRoxaboxen, \u003c\/em\u003e a treasured story about the magic of a child's imagination. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarian called it Roxaboxen. There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill--nothing but sand and rocks, and some old wooden boxes. But it was a special place. And all children needed to go there was a long stick and a soaring imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A celebration of the transforming magic of the imagination. An original.\" --ALA \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarian called it Roxaboxen. (She always knew the name of everything.) There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill -- nothing but sand and rocks, some old wooden boxes, cactus and greasewood and thorny ocotillo -- but it was a special place: a sparkling world of jeweled homes, streets edged with the whitest stones, and two ice cream shops. Come with us there, where all you need to gallop fast and free is a long stick and a soaring imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn glowing desert hues, artist Barbara Cooney has caught the magic of Alice McLerran's treasured land of Roxaboxen -- a place that really was, and, once you've been there, always is.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50593688486111,"sku":"9780688075927","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/facsKX4R4j9780688075927.webp?v=1784767894"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/alice-mclerran.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}